Atom Nomenclature for A2Z

The atom nomenclature in PDB data files was revised with the release of data in the PDB Format Version 3.0. These changes make the PDB atom names used by PDB compliant with existing IUPAC nomenclature for standard amino acid and nucleotides (Pure & Appl. Chem., 70, 117-142, 1998) with the exception of the well established convention for C-terminal atoms OXT and HXT. A small number of additional changes were introduced in Version 3 to make atom labeling more conventional. The following chemical diagrams and tables provide the correspondences between atom names used in Version 3 and Version 2 PDB formats.

Labeled Chemical Diagrams

Chemical diagram with format V3 atom labels (heavy atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V3 atom labels (all atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V2 atom labels (heavy atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V2 atom labels (all atoms)

Atom Name Correspondences for A2Z

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
C1 C1
N1 N1
O1 O1
C2 C2
O2 O2
C3 C3
O3 O3
C4 C4
C5 C5
C6 C6
C8 C8
C9 C9
C10 C10
C12 C12
C15 C15
C16 C16
H1 H1
H6 H6
H9 H9
H12 H12
H12A H12A
H15 H15
H15A H15A
H15B H15B
H16 H16
H16A H16A
H16B H16B